itching for dhue fish . long distant weather seems okay at this stage. 2 more shifts left then on holidays .

Hey guys/girls hoping for some recipes for ya best marrinated occy, if ya keen to share

cheers Jay  

 Rumor has it that Twiggy Forrest has purchased the Lighthouse caravan park in Exmouth and shut it down. Looks like another "Eco Tourism " facility going up there. Damn shame for long term holiday makers & fishos. Perfect place to stay between two boat ramps....

OK, so I will be heading up to Wickham for at least a few months.  I have bought a nice 7 foot rod and abu garcia reel spooled with 14lb 0.18mm braid.  The rob is stamped 4-8kg; 10-48 g (I assume this is recommended line and lure weights) .  I haven't bought lures and tackle yet.  I know from trout/redfin fishing it is easy to get a tackle box full of lures that never get used and a few favourites are used all the time, so, what is essential up there?  What have lures do you find yourself reaching for over and over?  I assume soft plastics, and poppers are useful but what colours and patterns?

Cheers in advance.. Bill

Enjoy

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Sorry for any inconvenience and we hope to see you all at the fresh bigger and better shop!

 Hey Guys 

First time crayfishing , have 4 pots out from hillarys at the moment, Decided not to put them where everyone else has on the sand around the 12-15 meter mark straight out from the breakwater. Went further up towards the Rotto turn off marker and havent had much luck, in a few spots now. Actually no luck.

Has anyone got some advice that could help me find a result?  I am sticking in the same depths as most other Rec potters out there but no luck.

Cheers in advance

Going to rip the floor off and replace all the old foam. Wheres cheapest place to buy foam for the boat? Cheers 

I got a new rig the other week, and got to test her out in style yesterday. took the boys diving to a new lump we found on the way home the other week.....  the new spot was good!

the boat went better than expected in yesterday mornings easterly slop, and I'm WELL impressed with the new Whittley 2150. the new spot produced the goods too, with 3 blokes on 1 tank each, and due to a miss-count, we got 23 (instead of a full bag), but most crays were over 2kg. biggest cray went 2.7kg. 

High fives, and some very cold coronas to break her in. 

 Hi everyone, I am working in Sydney and wondering if anyone can lend suggestion to a good charter over here. I will probably go alone or with one or two work mates, and I am interested in targetting kingfish, demersals, or any inshore stuff, I cant cant a a game fishing mission at the moment. Cheers in advance and tight lines. 

This topic will have been covered here before but with the "White" run just ramping up I wondered how members process their catch - from dispatch to freezing methods. In particular in there anything that can be done during preparation to minimise getting the black blood on the tails when defrosting?

 hi Guys,

I'm going to be in Gero next week.  Only have a couple days.

Any advice would be great, are tailor around?  

Any chance of whiting on poppers?  Need to tick that off my list.

Mulloway?

Thanks for any information.

The following is a cut and paste from another site.  I recall it has come up a few times on this site so may be useful.

"Folks, if you have a multi-piece graphite rod that's got stuck so you can't get it apart try this method.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gy6XQuTlNpI

It worked for me today after I had got extremely frustrated and just about given up, having tried all the other supposed sure fire methods: freezing the 'male' section for ages and warming the 'female' side; twisting and/or straight pulling with all my (reasonable) might with rubber kitchen gloves (this is starting to sound dodgy !!); the four-handed crossover tug (sounds like a 1970s scout camp!); dripping CRC or similar in the crack (still dodgy!!); and putting the rod behind my knees and trying to use leg power to pull (dodgy!).

The only adaptation I made to the vid was to use wide swathes of duct tape to fix the wood to the rod, instead of the electrical tape. Also, I had to work out how to reverse the main part of the Irwin clamp so that it pushed apart rather than together.

My dad predicted the wood would just slip along the rod and the whole contraption fall apart, but the tape held fine.

I half expected to crack the rod somehow, but the very small clamp movements and keeping everything aligned worked a treat. Try it."

 If boaties want action to improve Bent Street ramp this summer especially after today when trying to launch or retrieve on sand, contsct the council raise your concerns and request they fix now. A vac truck down there for several hours will fix for the summer. No good standing on the  jetty complaining. If i am the only 1 complaining they do nothing if a 100 complain they will listen 

Hey guys. Noticed crabbing season opens tomorrow. Any general thoughts as to whether worth a go, or better to wait a few weeks? Hopefully the extended close has allowed time for a few more moults etc. I’m sure it will be pretty busy over the next week or so!

 hey just wondering if any boaties have seen bait in close this year looking at going for a gas baloon metro wen im home saturday.  looking ajywere from mindarie to freo any help would be appriciated.  open to pm's too if you dont want the whole world to know

heres a pic from this season away to keep everyone interested

Hi all

About to get a new car for everyday use and boat towing ( upto 2.5tonne ) and want a wagon type vehicle ( not Ute )

Thinking of getting near new Ford Everest. 

Would be great if anyone could provide any feedback on this car - any problems , how it goes towing etc

Cheers

 Joycey 

Hi,

I'm trying to get to grips with checking out the wind and seas before heading out. Got a pass from the wife this weekend but looking at the different weather apps; getting different reports on conditions.

Willy - 15-30km/h

Predict Wind - suggests windy saturday morning and then mostly under 15km/h

Fishranger - 25-30km/h on sat, and 15 and below on sunday

Who to believe!!  

Only planning to head out to the shallows for some squid and whiting out of Woodman Point.

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 first pull of the pots and of 4 pots had 2 blue rings.... little b@stards

 Anyone aware of any capped wells off our coast in the metro area, seem to recall someting back of GI?

Enjoy

Last year I had high regard for them this year it is all out the window why would you put pots on top of mine and tangle our ropes makes no sense

For those that might be interested, I have made the changeover to the ProXS.

Fuel consumption - about the same, maybe a little less on the V8, but no oil.

                          Optimax            ProXS

3000 rpm               22knots            17knots

3500 rpm               25knots             22knots

3900 rpm               29knots             27knots

Top speed for Optimax was 38knots (5,300rpm) 43knots for ProXS (5,700rpm)

Optimax had a 19pitch Mirage prop, ProXS 17pitch enertia prop

So the extra torque in the 2 stroke Optimax still provided better speed at lower revs.  At 27knots they both used about the same fuel, burning about 1.2 lites per nautical mile.  The boat is 26.5feet overall but with a 7ft 5" beam, so narrow.  Total weight of the boat all up with fuel but no people and no trailer is about 1.7 tonnes.

I chose the ProXS v8 instead of the Merc 225 V6 as it should be understressed and a bigger gearbox and better torque.

Hope this helps someone.

 Hey peeps

Just wanting peoples thoughts on using salt away when flushing  your outboard or is fresh water just as good and how long do you flush for cheers.

The weathers looking suitable for this Saturday 30th, Sunday 1st Dec and Mon 2nd Dec so a good opportunity to  get into plump offshore King George Whiting (KG's) and Crayfish.

The crayfish are around with the whites walking and a perfect time to get some Fresh Christmas Crays. 

Charter info > Full Day, up to 8 hours, Max 5, $250

We also have a Special, if you book 4 friends/work mates etc you the 5th angler goes FREE!
 

If you have any questions in regards to this booking or equiries please either message us or call Jess at the office on 0407 259 399

 I'd been itching for a fish in the new boat, and after looking at the water temps and weather forecast Thursday last week was the ideal time.  Hadn't had much of a chance to chase metro billfish in the last 18 months or so and this looked like a perfect opportunity.

Forecasts were spot on, less than 10 knots for most of the day, with only some swell left over from the previous few days.  Beautiful clear water meant ideal conditions for blue marlin. 

Trolled around the FAD's for the morning then headed further out in search of the elusive billfish.  As per the SST charts we found a nice temp break up to nearly 22 degrees, and just after lunch our luck changed.  A decent sized blue marlin, estimated around 180kg, crashed the short lure.  It missed the hook, and we waited, hopeful of another chance.  About thirty seconds later the shotgun line snaps out of the clip and we are on.

We felt we had a solid hookup but after a couple of minutes the fish decided to turn on some typical blue marlin antics, greyhounding across our wake, and with a jump and headshake the hooks were thrown.

Disappointed at losing the fish but very happy to have raised and hooked one this early in the season.

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Tried starting from brand new also renew. Freezers when address goes in . Any assistance would be great.

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Hi Guys,

On the look out for an unused Lowrance transducer

We picked up a pot and it managed to snag around the bracket and has broken the tranduscer, the bracket is Ok but the transducer snapped just below the wiring

Thought I would see if any one has one lying around that are not using before I shop online

Cheers